Confederate (CSV)

Lieutenant

James M. Turnbow

He was an unmarried 20 year old student from Hamburg, AL when he enlisted as Private on 24 April 1861 in Company G, 4th Alabama Infantry. He was present at most engagements from First to Second Manassas, and promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 12 January 1862.

On the Campaign

Present in action at Boonsboro and Sharpsburg.

The rest of the War

In action from Fredericksburg, VA in December 1862 to Gettysburg, PA where he was killed in action on 2 July 1863. Originally buried where he fell, on John Slyder's farm near the barn, Gettysburg.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Alabama1. Burial detail from the Buseys2.

Birth

c. 1841 in AL

Death

07/03/1863 Gettysburg, PA

Notes

1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/index.cfm>, Source page: various [AotW citation 15690]